Root Markets Names Chief Marketer

Mark L. Korell has been named chief marketing officer of Root Markets Inc., which operates a New York-based commodities exchange for trading and monetizing Internet-generated consumer leads.Mr. Korell was most recently a senior managing director at W.J. Bradley Co., a national private equity firm. Before that, he was chairman and an owner of Stonecreek Funding Corp. Previously, he served as president of lender and investment services at Wells Fargo Home Mortgage Inc., where he "oversaw the negotiations, purchase, and successful operational integration of Prudential Home Mortgage, a $3 billion acquisition," Root Markets said. Mr. Korell has also served as president and chief executive officer of GMAC Mortgage Group and of Residential Funding Corp. Root Markets can be found online at http://www.rootmarkets.com.